Rob Sumner
Rob Sumner
although elite goes help humble kid player
Although he's a very humble kid who goes about his own business, all of the recognition that he's an elite player can only help his confidence.
character effort happy liked
You're never happy when you lose, but I liked the effort and the character to get back into the game.
against best critical penalties power prevention special teams
Special teams are always critical against Everett. They don't take many penalties and they have the best power play in the league. The best way to kill penalties against Everett is not to take them. Prevention is the key.
bottom fact line negative stand trying
The bottom line is that you have to find a way to win. I'm not trying to take a negative stand on things because it hasn't all been negative, but the fact is we haven't won.
chip key positive scoring somebody time trouble
Any scoring for us is positive right now. We haven't scored easily. Some of our key scorers have had trouble so any time that somebody else can chip in it's always a positive.
bad confidence given goals momentum power success
We've scored some big power-play goals that have given us momentum and confidence. We had a very bad power play in the first half, but we've improved, had some success and it's still evolving.
exactly games happened shots throw win
We know exactly what happened and what we need to do. If you throw enough shots at the net, one will go in. You don't win many games with only 18 shots on net.
certainly chemistry forward groups might point scared written
We haven't had much chemistry in our forward groups this year. Certainly at this point nothing is written in stone. Once we get rolling, if we think something else might fit, we won't be scared to make any changes.
close confident games good playing score
Part of it is that we don't score a lot, so we had better be good in one-goal games. We're confident and comfortable playing in close games.
excellent few games johnson last
In the last few games Johnson have been excellent with his grittiness and passion. He's really impacted the last few games.
definitely games hard played power ton
In all the games we've played there have been a ton of penalties. We're definitely not underestimating the need to get better on the power play. It's something we're working hard on every day.
extra happen liked played
I liked the way we played. We wanted the extra point, but we really played pretty well. We made some mistakes, but they are going to happen sometimes in hockey.
fix liked played start
I liked our start and our finish, and we can fix the way we played in-between. I really liked the way we played with desperation once we got to that point.
confidence create few last level reached scoring speed starting
I never even thought about it. He was getting chances, and now he's reached another level of confidence in the last few games. He's starting to use his speed to create even more scoring chances.